Inspirational Walking

Spark up your motivation mojo with these 10 inspiring fitness quotes (they are great for life in general too) 

 Walking in the morning may help you meet your weight loss goals. Walking at a moderate pace for 30 minutes can burn up to 150 calories. Combined with a healthy diet and strength training, you may find you lose weight.

What is good to walk in the morning?

Morning Walk is. a medical apparatus developed for a fast recovery for patients with walking disabilities. It is the 'End-effector type gait rehabilitation robot system'with the seating-type body weight support system which minimized the inconvenience of the conventional robot-assisted orthopedic exercise equipment.

Is there a best time of day to walk?

Research on lung function, body rhythms, and temperature levels says one thing—to exercise around 6 p.m. But exercise in the morning has benefits for improving your metabolism for the rest of the day and ensuring you actually find the time to exercise before the day gets too busy.

Is it good to walk in the morning on an empty stomach?

Walking first thing in the morning on an empty stomach is one of the best tips on how to naturally jump start and boost your metabolism. In addition to jump starting your day first thing in the morning, it also naturally boosts your metabolism which helps you burn more calories throughout the day.

50 Inspirational Walking Quotes to Help You Go The Extra Mile

1. An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day. - Henry David Thoreau

2. Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend. - Albert Camus

3. Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious. - William Feather

4. No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning. - Cyril Connolly

5. Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake. - Wallace Stevens

6. To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life. - John Burroughs

7. To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life. - John Burroughs

8. In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

9. God changes his appearance every second. Blessed is the man who can recognize him in all his disguises. Nikos Kazantzakis

10. We should care about what is going on in the world. - John Legend

11. I haven't got any special religion this morning. My God is the God of Walkers. If you walk hard enough, you probably don't need any other god. - Bruce Chatwin

12. When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, 'Did you sleep good?' I said 'No, I made a few mistakes.'- Steven Wright

13. Sipping a cup of tea, going for a morning walk, doing your work - all these small activities make up your living. And each part, each moment of living, is meaningful. You just have to be there; otherwise, who is going to experience the meaning? People go on drinking tea, but they never are there; their minds are wandering all over the world. - Rajneesh

14. Measure your health by your sympathy with morning and spring. If there is no response in you to the awakening of nature -if the prospect of an early morning walk does not banish sleep, if the warble of the first bluebird does not thrill you -know that the morning and spring of your life are past. Thus may you feel your pulse. - Henry David Thoreau

15. I took my morning walk, I took my evening walk, I ate something, I thought about something, I wrote, I napped and dreamt something too, and with all that something, I still have nothing because so much of sum’thing has always been and always will be you. - Mark Z. Danielewski

16. I wake up in the morning, walk downstairs, and just bang on the piano and write about what's going on in the world around me. - Drake Bell

17. In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society. - Henry David Thoreau

18. God changes appearances every second. Blessed is the man who can recognize him in all his disguises. One moment he is a glass of fresh water, the next, your son bouncing on your knees or an enchanting woman, or perhaps merely a morning walk. - Nikos Kazantzakis

19. Toward seven o'clock every morning, I leave my study and step Out on the bright terrace; the sun already burns resplendent Between the shadows of the fig tree, makes the low wall of coarse Granite warm to the touch. Here my tools lie ready and waiting, Each one an intimate, an ally: the round basket for weeds: The zappetta, the small hoe with a short haft . . . There's a rake here as well, at at times a mattock and spade, Or two watering cans filled with water warmed by the sun. With my basket and small hoe in hand, facing the sun, I Go out for my morning walk. - Hermann Hesse

20. “An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.” ― Henry David Thoreau

21. “This early piece of the morning is mine.” ― Wallace Stegner, Crossing to Safety

22. “Joyful morning, good morning, good day.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita

23. “To wake up each morning is a miracle.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita

24. “Early morning exercise will keep you active for the entire day.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

25. An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

 26. This morning when I put on my underwear I could hear the fruit-of-the-loom guys laughing at me. - Rodney Dangerfield

27. In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

28. When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, 'Did you sleep good?' I said 'No, I made a few mistakes.' - Steven Wright

29. He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through a labyrinth of the most busy life. - Victor Hugo

30. If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals. - Lou Holtz

31. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. -Bruce Lee

32. There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don’t allow yourself to become one of them. – Ralph Marston

33. Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. -Mahatma Gandhi

34. The secret of getting ahead is getting started. – Mark Twain

35. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

36. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable. -Socrates

37. All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking. – Friedrich Nietzsche

38. Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. – Thomas Jefferson

39. The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk. -Jacqueline Schiff

40. A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world. -Paul Dudley White

41. My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She’s ninety-seven now, and we don’t know where the heck she is. -Ellen DeGeneres

42. There is nothing like walking to get the feel of a country. A fine landscape is likea piece of music; it must be taken at the right tempo. Even a bicycle goes too fast. -Paul Scott Mowrer

43. Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time. -Steven Wright

44. If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking. Angels whisper to a man when he goes for a walk. -Raymond Inmon

45. I would walk along the quais when I had finished work or when I was trying to think something out. It was easier to think if I was walking and doing something or seeing people doing something that they understood. -Ernest Hemingway

46. I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in. -John Muir

47. Walking is the great adventure, the first meditation, a practice of heartiness and soul primary to humankind. Walking is the exact balance between spirit and humility. -Gary Snyder

48. Her pleasure in the walk must arise from the exercise and the day, from the view of the last smiles of the year upon the tawny leaves and withered hedges, and from repeating to herself some few of the thousand poetical descriptions extant of autumn – that season of peculiar and inexhaustible influence on the mind of taste and tenderness – that season which has drawn from every poet worthy of being read some attempt at description, or some lines of feeling. -Jane Austen, Persuasion

49. The true charm of pedestrian ism does not lie in the walking, or in the scenery, but in the talking. The walking is good to time the movement of the tongue by, and to keep the blood and the brain stirred up and active; the scenery and the woodsy smells are good to bear in upon a man an unconscious and unobtrusive charm and solace to eye and soul and sense; but the supreme pleasure comes from the talk. -Mark Twain

50. Walking: the most ancient exercise and still the best modern exercise. -Carrie Latet

101 Inspirational Quotes On Light

 The matrix life has a way in which it darkens many peoples light that shines from within them because they get so caught up in making a living rather than living their dream life. May these quotes inspire you to always let your light shine from within and see the light out in the world so that you may live your dreams.

1. “Nothing can dim the light that shines from within.” Maya Angelou

2. “Let light shine out of darkness.” Anonymous

3. “But my darling, there’s no such thing as the light at the end of the tunnel, you must realize that you are the light.” Anonymous

4. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” Martin Luther King Jr

5. “Within you is the light of a thousand suns.” Robert Adams

6. “He has those kind eyes that shone with the light of everything will be ok.” Atticus

7. “It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” Aristotle

8. “We are all broken, that’s how the light gets in.” Ernest Hemingway

9. “Give light and people will find the way.” Ella Baker

10. “Be the light that helps others see.” Anonymous

11. “Light up the darkness.” Bob Marley

12. “In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.” Francis Bacon

13. “Following the light of the sub, we left the Old World.” Christopher Columbus

14. “After darkness comes the light.” Cornelius Nepos

15. “If light is in your heart, you will find your way home.” Rumi

16. “There is no darkness so dense, so menacing, or so difficult that it cannot be overcome by light.” Vern P. Stanfill

17. “I shine with love and light in every moment.” Anonymous

18. “If you are the light, you cast away the darkness.” ManHee Lee

19. “Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.” Madeline L’Engle

20. “Light attracts light.” Warsan Shire

21. “Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” Desmond Tutu

22. “To love beauty is to see light.” Victor Hugo

23. “An empty lantern provides no light. Self-care is the fuel that allows your light to shine brightly.” Anonymous

24. “All of the lights of the world cannot be compared to a ray of the inner light of the self.” Anonymous

25. “Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.” Brene Brown

26. “See the light in others, and treat them as if that is all you see.” Wayne Dyer

27. “Shine your own light. Follow your own path.” Anonymous

28. “Listen to the inner light; it will guide you. Listen to the inner peace; it will feed you. Listen to the inner love; it will transform you.” Sri Chinmoy

29. “You may think your light is small, but it can make a huge difference in other people’s lives.” Anonymous

30. “You have to find what sparks a light in you so that you in your own way can illuminate the world.” Oprah Winfrey

31. “Travel light, live light, spread light, be the light.” Yogi Bhajan

32. “No degree of worldly darkness can extinguish the glow of a soul’s inner light.” Wes Fesler

33. “The strongest light is the light that shines within you. Use it to lead the way of your life.” Anonymous

34. “Beauty is a light in the heart.” Khalil Gibran

 35. “When you possess light within, you see it externally.” Anais Nin

36. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

37. “When he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun.” ― William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

38. “We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” ― Plato

39. “There are darknesses in life and there are lights, and you are one of the lights, the light of all lights.” ― Bram Stoker, Dracula

40. “Before you, Bella, my life was like a moonless night. Very dark, but there were stars, points of light and reason. ...And then you shot across my sky like a meteor. Suddenly everything was on fire; there was brilliancy, there was beauty. When you were gone, when the meteor had fallen over the horizon, everything went black. Nothing had changed, but my eyes were blinded by the light. I couldn’t see the stars anymore. And there was no more reason, for anything.” ― Stephenie Meyer, New Moon

41. “Learn to light a candle in the darkest moments of someone’s life. Be the light that helps others see; it is what gives life its deepest significance.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

42. “Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.” ― Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man

43. “There is a crack in everything.That's how the light gets in.” ― Leonard Cohen, Selected Poems, 1956-1968

44. “May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

45. “To shine your brightest light is to be who you truly are.” ― Roy T. Bennett

46. “Whatever you are physically...male or female, strong or weak, ill or healthy--all those things matter less than what your heart contains. If you have the soul of a warrior, you are a warrior. All those other things, they are the glass that contains the lamp, but you are the light inside.” ― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

47. “The world isn’t split into good people and Death Eaters.” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

48. “Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

49. “We went down into the silent garden. Dawn is the time when nothing breathes, the hour of silence. Everything is transfixed, only the light moves.” ― Leonora Carrington

50. “Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy—the experiences that make us the most vulnerable. Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.” ― Brene Brown

51. “Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.” ― Ezra Pound

52. “It's the kind of kiss that inspires stars to climb into the sky and light up the world.” ― Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me

53. “Each day brings new opportunities, allowing you to constantly live with love—be there for others—bring a little light into someone's day. Be grateful and live each day to the fullest.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

54. “How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world.” ― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

55. “When you light a candle, you also cast a shadow.” ― Ursula K. Le Guin

56. “I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.” ― Og Mandino

57. “People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.” ― Carl Jung, Psychology and Alchemy

58. “Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That's how the light gets in.” ― Leonard Cohen

59. “When you get to the end of all the light you know and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: either you will be given something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly.” ― Edward Teller

60. “Green was the silence, wet was the light, the month of June trembled like a butterfly.” ― Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets

61. “If a man is to shed the light of the sun upon other men, he must first of all have it within himself.” ― Romain Rolland

62. “It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it.” ― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

63. “Pointing to another world will never stop vice among us; shedding light over this world can alone help us.” ― Walt Whitman

64. “Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light.” ― John Milton, Paradise Lost

65. “Happiness is always there. You just have to choose to see it. There's no point dwelling in the dark and ignoring the light of the stars.” ― Carrie Hope Fletcher

66. “Love is not consolation. It is light.” ― Simone Weil

67. “I had forgotten how much light there is in the world, till you gave it back to me.” ― Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea

68. “Feeling at peace, however fragilely, made it easy to slip into the visionary end of the dark-sight. The rose shadows said that they loved the sun, but that they also loved the dark, where their roots grew through the lightless mystery of the earth. The roses said: You do not have to choose. ” ― Robin McKinley, Sunshine

69. “I have a little theory that I'd like to air here, if I may. What is it that you think makes you magicians?" More silence. Fogg was well into rhetorical-question territory now anyway. He spoke more softly. "Is it because you are intelligent? Is it because you are brave and good? Is is because you're special?

Maybe. Who knows. But I'll tell you something: I think you're magicians because you're unhappy. A magician is strong because he feels pain. He feels the difference between what the world is and what he would make of it. Or what did you think that stuff in your chest was? A magician is strong because he hurts more than others. His wound is his strength.

Most people carry that pain around inside them their whole lives, until they kill the pain by other means, or until it kills them. But you, my friends, you found another way: a way to use the pain. To burn it as fuel, for light and warmth. You have learned to break the world that has tried to break you.” ― Lev Grossman, The Magicians

70. “The Sun will rise and set regardless. What we choose to do with the light while it's here is up to us. Journey wisely.”― Alexandra Elle

71. “You're here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. (Matthew 5:14, The Message)” ― Anonymous, The Message Remix

72. “You can make it dark, but I can't make it light.” ― Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper

73. “May your feet ever walk in the light of two suns... and may the moonshadow never fall on you... ” ― Robert Fanney

74. “Among the tales of sorrow and of ruin that came down to us from the darkness of those days there are yet some in which amid weeping there is joy and under the shadow of death light that endures. And of these histories most fair still in the ears of the Elves is the tale of Beren and Lúthien” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

75. “One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. The latter procedure, however, is disagreeable and therefore not popular.” ― C.G. Jung

76. “Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world. Don't let anything stand in the way of the light that shines through this form. Risk being seen in all of your glory.” ― Jim Carrey

77. “Those candle flames were like the lives of men. So fragile. So deadly. Left alone, they lit and warmed. Let run rampant, they would destroy the very things they were meant to illuminate. Embryonic bonfires, each bearing a seed of destruction so potent it could tumble cities and dash kings to their knees.” ― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

78. “In the heartfelt mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will visit us, to shine on those sitting in darkness, in the shadow of death, to guide our feet to the way of peace.” ― Anonymous, Holy Bible: King James Version

79. “Life throws challenges and every challenge comes with rainbows and lights to conquer it.” ― Amit Ray, World Peace: The Voice of a Mountain Bird

80. “The only whole heart is a broken one because it lets the light in.” ― David Wolpe

81. “There is strange comfort in knowing that no matter what happens today, the Sun will rise again tomorrow.” ― Aaron Lauritsen, 100 Days Drive: The Great North American Road Trip

82. “No one lights a lamp in order to hide it behind the door: the purpose of light is to create more light, to open people's eyes, to reveal the marvels around.” ― Paulo Coelho

83. “Some people are in such utter darkness that they will burn you just to see a light. Try not to take it personally.” ― Kamand Kojouri

84. “Do not be dismayed by the brokenness of the world. All things break. And all things can be mended. Not with time, as they say, but with intention. So go. Love intentionally, extravagantly, unconditionally. The broken world waits in darkness for the light that is you.” ― L.R. Knost

85. “I only know that learning to believe in the power of my own words has been the most freeing experience of my life. It has brought me the most light. And isn't that what a poem is? A lantern glowing in the dark.” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X

85. “Light is more important than the lantern,The poem more important than the notebook” ― Nizar Qabbani 

 86. “Darkness will always try to extinguish the light. The light will always try to repress the darkness.” ― Morgan Rhodes, Rebel Spring

87. “Enlightenment means taking full responsibility for your life.” ― William Blake

88. “The light of love, the purity of grace, The mind, the Music breathing from her face, The heart whose softnessarmonised the whole — And, oh! that eye was in itself a Soul!” ― George Gordon Byron

89. “The struggles we endure today will be the ‘good old days’ we laugh about tomorrow.” ― Aaron Lauritsen, 100 Days Drive: The Great North American Road Trip

90. “We're each of us our own chiaroscuro, our own bit of illusion trying to emerge into something solid, something real. We've got to forgive ourselves that. I must remember to forgive myself. Because there's an awful lot of gray to work with. No one can live in the light all the time.” ― Libba Bray, A Great and Terrible Beauty

91. “I laugh, and it's laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place where everything I've ever known is coming apart.” ― Veronica Roth, Allegiant

92. “Bodies have their own light which they consume to live: they burn, they are not lit from the outside.” ― Egon Schiele

93. “The brightest light casts the darkest shadow.” ― Jess C. Scott, The Darker Side of Life

94. “Bodies have their own light which they consume to live: they burn, they are not lit from the outside.” ― Egon Schiele

95. “When I set a glass prism on a windowsill and allow the sun to flood through it, a spectrum of colors dances on the floor. What we call "white" is a rainbow of colored rays packed into a small space. The prism sets them free. Love is the white light of emotion.” ― Diane Ackerman, A Natural History of Love

96. “The night sky is only a sort of carbon paper, Blueblack, with the much-poked periods of stars Letting in the light, peephole after peephole--- A bonewhite light, like death, behind all things.” ― Sylvia Plath, The Collected Poems

97. “the story is not a pretty one. there is violence in it. And cruelty. But stories that are not pretty have a certain value, too, I suppose. Everything, as you well know (having lived in this world long enough to have figured out a thing or two for yourself), cannont always be sweetness and light.” ― Kate DiCamillo, The Tale of Despereaux

98. “Thus Gotama [Buddha] walked toward the town to gather alms, and the two samanas recognized him solely by the perfection of his repose, by the calmness of his figure, in which there was no trace of seeking, desiring, imitating, or striving, only light and peace” ― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha

99. “These are all I have. I do not have the wide, bright beacon of some solid old lighthouse, guiding ships safely home, past the jaggedrocks. I only have these little glimmers that flicker and then go out.” ― Rebecca Wells, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

100. “Some fish love to swim upstream. Some people love to overcome challenges.” ― Amit Ray, Walking the Path of Compassion

101. “Foolishness sleeps soundly, while knowledge turns with each thinking hour, longing for the dawn of answers.” ― Anthony Liccione

Hindu proverbs boil down all the wisdom of that part of the world: thousands of years old and extremely rich. It’s a culture where mysticism and spirituality have always had a huge role.

Hindu culture is absolutely fabulous. It’s a wonderful mix of expressions that have come from a wide range of different nations. That’s why it’s such a vastly rich culture. It’s also why you can see this in all of its different cultural manifestations, including its proverbs.

Hindu culture also has Arabic, Buddhist, British, and Portuguese influences. There are the local cultures that have shaped it too, of course. That’s why Hindu proverbs are such a multicolored display of ways to look at life. Here are seven of them.

1. Adversity in Hindu Proverbs

2. A Peaceful Heart

3. Reading and Action

4. Generosity of the Soul

5. The Path to Happiness

6. Reaping and Sowing

7. The Ocean and a Drop of Water

Sai Baba of Shirdi, also known as Shirdi Sai Baba, was an Indian spiritual master who is regarded by his devotees as a saint and a fakir. He is revered by both his Hindu and Muslim devotees during, as well as after his lifetime. 

Born: 28 September 1838

Died: 15 October 1918, Shirdi

Nationality: Indian

Buried: Sai Baba Samadhi Mandir, Shirdi

Shirdi is located about 270 kms from Mumbai in India .Shird is called the Land of Sai. Long time ago, at the beginning of eighteenth century a young bearded man ( Shirdi Sai baba) with sparkling eyes took shelter in a mosque, in Shirdi Village (of Maharshtra State, In India) . Nobody knew from where this stranger had come who hardly spoke a word and stayed there.

About Hinduism - Quiz Questions and Answers Excerpts ask

Top Key words in Hinduism ( Quizzes / Puzzels)

1. What Is the Never Ending Cycle of life and death Called?

A. Brahman

B. Samsara

C. Vedas

D. Vishnu

E. Shiva 

2. What Does 'Dharma' mean?

A. The duties of living.

B.  The Hindu holy river

C. The god of beauty

D. The god of destruction

E. The soul in everything

3. What is the story: 'Ramayan' about?

A. Brahman: the one supreme god

B. Ganesh: the elephant god

C. Ashrama: stage in life (Hindus believe there are four)

D. The river Ganges

E. Rama And Sita

4. What is 'karma'?

A. Sacred holy word

B. Non violence

C. The festival of light

D. Actions which affect rebirth

E. Its one of the four main group castes(priests)

5. Who is the god of preservation

A. Atman

B. Ahimsa

C. Karma

D. Vedas

E. Vishnu

6. What is the holy river called?

A. Moksha

B. Ganges

C. Aum

D. Dharma

E. Mandir

7. What is the Hindu temple called?

A. Samsara

B. Ganges

C. Puja

D. Mandir

E. Diwali

8. Who is 'Ganesh'?

A. The elephant God

B. The god of preservation

C. The soul in everything

D. The god of creation

E. The one supreme god

9. Who is the one supreme god?

A. Brahman

B. Ashrama

C. Moksha

D. Vedas

E. Brahma

10.  What is the Hindu holy book called?

A. Vedas

B. Brahma

C. Ganges

D. Mandir

E. Aum

11.  What do Hindus aim to achieve?

A. Vishnu

B. Shiva

C. Ashrama

D. Moksha

E. Ahisma

12.  Who is shiva?

A. The elephant God

B. The soul in everything

C. The god of destruction

D. The god of preservation

E. Brahmans' sister

13. What/who is Diwali.

A. The founder of Hinduism

B. A sacred Hindu holy word

C. The festival of the Gods

D. The god of Creation

E. The festival of light

14. What is the soul in everything called?

A. Atman

B. Brahma

C. Vedas

D. Vishnu

E. Puja

15. How many stages in life do Hindus believe there are?

A. 10

B.  5

C.  9

D.  4

E. 7

16. What is stage of life called?

A. Ashrama

B. Dharma

C. Ganesh

D. Ashramia

E. Ganesha

17.  Name one of the four main castes(priests).

A. Moksha

B. Brahmin

C.  Dharma

D. Ashrama

E.  Brahma

18.  What is a Hindu sacred word?

A.  Ahisma

B.  Aum

C.  Moksha

D.  Puja

E.  Brahma

19.  What is or does puja mean?

A.  Its a candle

B.  Its a tray With sacred Hindu things on.

C.  It means 'worship'

D. Non-violence

E.  The goodness of the angel

20.  What is the Hindu  word for non-violence?

A.  Ashrama

B. Atman

C. Samsara

D. Diwali

E. Ahisma

21.  Who is the god of creation?

A. Brahma

B. Ganesha

C.  Karma

D. Vishnu

E. Diwali

22. What is Moksha?

A.  The end of rebirth cycle

B.  Actions which affect rebirth

C.  The festival of light

D.  The soul in everything

E.  Stage in life

40 Tips for A Better Life...

A Better Life is Life Lived Purposefully. Live your life connected to a purpose bigger than you. For me, that's pursuing a spiritual path and helping others who are seeking a spiritually-connected life.

•  Take a 10-30 minutes walk every day.. And while you walk, smile.

• Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.

• Sleep for 7 hours.

• Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.

• Play more games.

• Read more books than you did in 2007.

• Make time to practice meditation, yoga, and prayer. They provide us with daily fuel for our busy lives.

• Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.

• Dream more while you are awake.

• Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.

• Drink plenty of water.

• Try to make at least three people smile each day.

• Don't waste your precious energy on gossip..

• Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.

• Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.

• Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.

• Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.

• Smile and laugh more.

  

•  Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.. Don't hate others.

• Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

• You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

• Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.

• Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about. Don't compare your partner with others.

• No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

• Forgive everyone for everything.

• What other people think of you is none of your business.

• GOD heals everything.

• However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

• Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

• Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

• Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

• The best is yet to come.

• No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

• Do the right thing!

• Call your family often.

• Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.

•  Each day give something good to others.

• Don't over do. Keep your limits.

•  When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.

• Please Forward this to everyone you care about.